PrettyWoman is an American romantic comedy motion picture that was one of the top films at the box office in 1990.

The winner of the Golden Globe Award and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her lead performance as Los Angeles streetwalker Vivian Ward, actress Julia Roberts achieved megastar status as a result of this film.

The film featured the song "Oh, PrettyWoman" by Roy Orbison, and the soundtrack featured "The King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West, "Wild Women Do" by Natalie Cole, and its biggest hit, Swedish duo Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love," which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1990.

Consequently, the movie producers were required to license the Orbison version of the song, but since titles cannot be copyrighted, the producers would not be liable to either Orbison or 2 Live Crew for the use of the title "PrettyWoman" for the title of the movie.

In looking at 2 Live Crew's use of the "PrettyWoman" song, the Supreme Court successfully looked past the previous fair use decisions which basically stated that any commercial use was presumptively infringement.

Instead of dismissing the Crew's claim on the basis that they had used the appropriated material for commercial gain, the court looked at the other factors of permissible fair use and determined that parody was indeed protected fair use, even though the perpetrators gained financially.

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Prettywoman, walking down the street,Pretty woman, the kind Id like to meet, Prettywoman, I dont believe you it must be true, No one could look as good as you Mercy!

Prettywoman wont you pardon me,Pretty woman I couldnt help but see, Prettywoman, Oh you look lovely as you could be, Are you lonely just lik me Adrrrrr...

This Roy Orbison and Van Halen classic, "Oh, PrettyWoman" is arranged for five guitars, rhythm guitar, bass, and percussion, but can also be played with three guitars, rhythm guitar, bass, and percussion.

Though Julia Roberts is picturised with the 1964Roy Orbison classic, "PrettyWoman", the new rendition sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Ravi "Rags" Khote, builds up on the original in Karan Johar´s latest, Kal Ho Naa Ho.

" OhPrettyWoman", is now automatically associated with Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta.

Later we have a movie called, PrettyWoman, and now all of a sudden, I get a call from India, which is so far from our culture.

Rarely does Orbison allow himself the outright celebration of something like "Mean Woman Blues," more often going for the shades of gray that slip into "Blue Angel" and "Leah." Few could do what he achieves on these singles, and not just because few are gifted with such a voice.

With his three octave range he could be lighthearted as in "PrettyWoman" or tragic as in "Crying," "It's Over," and "Running Scared." His voice literally could give me chills.

Here is a cd, that takes 20 of Roy Orbison's hits that he recored at Monument Masters between 1960 and `1964, and they are all in their orginal recordings, even if they might have been remastered, so you won't be hearing guitar breaks in any them, like Oh, PrettyWoman.

At only 21, Roberts was a fresh talent with sexy girl-next-door looks who showed she could light up the screen with her acting.

With the guidance of veteran sitcom director Garry Marshall (`The Odd Couple', `Happy Days', `Mork and Mindy', `Murphy Brown'), she was transformed from a tall and pretty model type into a delightful romantic figure with an extraordinary sense of comic timing who earned a best actress nomination for her performance.

The new DVD includes a good deal of footage that was left out of the theatrical release, and the commentary by Garry Marshall is rich in interesting trivia about the production.

Inevitably the movie's theme song is Roy Orbison's"OhPrettyWoman", sounding fresh as ever.

The remainder of the album is a snapshot of up-and-coming acts at the beginning of the 90s, with Go West's massive hit, "King Of Wishful Thinking" and Roxette's chart smash "It Must Have Been Love" setting the agenda for slick, well produced power-pop.

One of the best things about prettywoman is the scene were Richard takes Julia to the Opera, Lauren Woods track "Fallen" is beautiful and sets the right romantic mood.